soulmate au where gojo doesn't have a soulmate. his skin is unmarred; there's no silver smear of ink anywhere on his body.
when you're kids, you hear someone wondering if he's human, anyway, between having no mark and the raw power he thrums with. there's something wrong with the gojo heir, they whisper.
gojo glances over his shoulder at them, his comet-tail eyes icy. they go quiet, cowed even then.
the next time you see him, you uncap the silver marker with your teeth. your kanji are wobbly, imperfect, as you write your name down on the delicate skin of his wrist.
see? you say. your smile is missing a tooth. now you have a mark.
you're too young to know better; too young to understand.
you forget quickly, but gojo—
gojo never does.














